Garment-supporter.



GARMENT SUPPORTEB.

v (Application led Apr. 14, 1900.)

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TH: uonms PETER: ca. PNorauTNo.. wAsHlNcromn No. 654,727. Patented luly3|, |900.

R. GURTON.

GARMENT suPPoRTER.

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ROBERT GORTON, on NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of 'Letters Patent No. 654,727, dated Julye1, 1900. Tippmann inea' Apni i4, 1900. serial No. 12,793. (No man.)

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Be it known that I, ROBERT GORTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newton,

in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Garment-S upporters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to that class 5f garment-supportersknown as hose supporters, in which the clasp-carryin g straps aresuspended from a buckle, which is in turn provided with a strap carryinga device at its upper end for attachment to a part of the garmentsvabove the hose. A Myimprovement may, however, be applied to hosesupporters of other forms and to other kinds of garmentsupporters.

A well-known and extensively-used hose- 4supporter is that in which abuckle, consisting of a slotted base-plate and a hinged clampinglever,supports apair of elastic straps or pendants which depend from it and`carry at their lower ends clasps that engage the upper ends of thehose, while an elastic buckle-suspending strap is adjustably securedbetween the clamping -lever and the base plate of the buckle. One of theelastic ,claspl carrying straps has its upper end passed through theslot in the lower end of the base-plate and then turned down andextended below the lower edge of the plate, while the other elasticclaspcarrying strap is carried up along the back of the plate, bent overthe upper edge thereof, extended down along the front of the platebehind the clamping-lever, then threadedv through the slot, and extendedbelow the lower edge of the plate, the four thicknesses of the elasticwebbing of the clasp-carrying straps being stitched together byone ormore lines of stitching just below the lower edge of the buckle. By thisarrangement the metalback of the buckle is covered, thus `preventing itfrom coming in contact with the person or garments Vof the wearer,andthe front of the base plate above the slot is also covered. Whilethis form of hose-supporter has been extensively used for sometime, itnevertheless has serious defects, among which are,lirst, the elasticwebbingbeing of loose texture and stretchablelit is dilicult .to make.the lines ot stitching true, as the material isaptto twist and draw;second, owing to the loose nature of the material the stitching is aptto break loose when subjected to more than moderate strain; third, theuse of elastic material for covering the buckle is expensive, as anextra amount of this costly material is employed; fourth, in the use ofsuch an arrangement the elastic covering on the front of the platebeneath the lever tightens or stretches when the clamping-lever isclosed down, so that when the strain on the hose-supporter is relieved,as when the wearer sits down or the clasps are released, the webbing atthe front of the plate relaxes, and this tends to throw theclamping-lever open; t'th, when the lever is closed downv it stretchesthe webbing at the front of the buokle,.as before stated, and thiscauses the webbing along the back of the plate to slacken or bulge,making a clumsy appearance, which in' use is apt to increase rather thandecrease, and,siXth, when in taking up or adjusting thebuckle-supporting strap it is drawn through the buckle unevenly-e e.,diagonally, as is sometimes carelessly done--a cornerwise pull is givento the buckle, causing the clasp carrying straps to slide along the slotin the plate to one side thereof, thus throwing the entirehose-supporter out of shape. My present invention is primarily designedto remedy these defects in a hosesupporter of the general class justdescribed.

Instead of covering the base-plate of the buckle with a portion of theelastic webbing I use for this purpose a piece of inelastic material andpreferably secure the upper ends of the elastic straps which carry thelclasps to the ends of the inelastic covering which project below thebuckle.

My improvements may be apptlied in a number of ways, some of which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows afront elevation of a hosesupporter of the kind to which my improvementsare primarily intended to be applied. Fig. 2 shows a vertical centralsection through the buckle, the -buckle-covering, thefclaspcarryingandbuckle-suspendingstraps. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are views similar to Fig.2,`showing modifications. Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing anarrangementinwhich a nonelastic strap is employed to carry the claspsand to also cover the base-plate of the IOO buckle. Fig. S is a viewsimilar to Fig. 2,-

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1 serves to illustrate in general outline both the old form of`hose-supporter, to which my invention is especially intended to beapplied,

- and a hose-supporter constructed according zoV to one form of myinvention.

B indicates the buckle, A the buckle-suspending strap, and'C ltheclasp-carrying straps or pendants. The strap A is provided at its upperend with adevice, such v'as a safetypin, by means of which it may besecured to some part of the garmentsabove ,the hose, while the straps Care provided at their lower Iends with clasps D, comprising loops andbuttons 4of' well known construction but of yconrsethe lower ends of thestraps O may be formed with buttonholes or provided with' other vformsor devices forV attachment to the hose-or other garment. The buckle isshown in each figure of the drawings as` consisting of a base-plate Eand a clamping-lever F. The

base-plate is provided with a slot e, and theV lever is hinged to lugse', projecting from the front of the base-plate near its upperl end. Thelever is Lashaped in longitudinal section, the longitudinal lportion fextending down along the front of the base-plate when-the `le- 'f ver isclosed, while the short portionf is adapted to engage with and clamp thewebl2, 3,4, and 5 `is preferably of elastic webbing, anditlextends downbetween the lever and bing Vwhen the lever is closed.

The'bu-ckle-suspending strap A in Figs. 1,

the fron-tof the base-plate and is adjusted inthe usura-l way." Theclasp-carryingstraps .C are suspended'from the base-plate in dierentways, while that portion ofthe base-plate above the slot c is covered bya separate piece of material G. In Fig. 2 the covering G,which the loweredge of the buckle.

is of som'e inelastic material, such as satin,

exten-ds along the back of the base-plate over the top thereof and downalong the front. One end of the covering is passed-through the slot eand is extendeddown below the lower edge of the buckle and lies behindthe other endof the covering, which also extends below The covering Gis'of sufficient width to entirely or approximately coverthe entire backface of the buckle and also the front face thereof above the slot e. Oneof the clasp-carrying straps C in Fig.' 2 has its upper end terminatedin lineV with they lower wall of the slot e, while the other v strap AChas its end passed through the slot and extended down below the loweredge of the buckle. One end of the covering G is extended around vthisend of the'strap C and then prolonged up between the overhanging end`ofV this strap and the end ofthe other clasp-carrying strap. Lines ofstitching H are employed to connect the severalthicknesses togetherbelow the base-plate, and in this instance the'stitching passes throughsix tle dierent shape.-

thicknesses of 'material'. The important feature, however, is thatinelastic material is eniployed for covering the greater portion of ther base-plate,- while the elastic webbing is securedto said inelasticmaterial.

The precise manner of disposing the ends of the webbing andthe coveringmay be considerably'varied. Thus in Fig.,3 only one clasp-supportingstrap is employed, the end of which passes through theslot e, extendsdown below the lower edge of the buckle, and isstitched to the threethicknesses of thecovering below the plate and tothe webbing on "theother side of the buckle, of which it forms apart. In other respects theconstruction shown in Fig. 3 is similar to that `shown in Fig. 2,'except that the base-plate'is of a lit- .In Fig. 4 the clasp-supportingstraps are formed of one piece of webbing which merely passes throughthe slot c, its two Vends carry'- ing the clasps. The covering G isarranged substantially as shown in Fig. 2, except that yone .end of thecovering which extendsbelow the base-plate is longer than the other and"is turned up behind the other end, the three thicknesses of thecoveringr thus formed being stitched to the two thicknesses of thewebbing C. L

In` Fig. 5 the base-plate is of the form shown in Fig. 3. The coveringextends over the upper edge of the base-plate and covers both the frontand rear of the base-plateabove the slot, but in this instance the twoends of the covering extend down from the back of the base-plate insteadof from the front, as in Figs. 2, 3, and 4t. l The. upper ends of bothclaspsupporting straps vC'exte'nd up to the front of lthe'slot c, passthroughl it, and then extend down below the lower edge of the plate. Oneend ofthe covering G extends up between the overhanging ends of thestraps Gand the adjacent portions thereof. The stitching extends throughfourthicknesses of the webbing O and three thicknesses of the coveringG'.

In Fig. 6 the frame of the buckle is the same as in Fig. 2; but one ofthe clasp-supporting straps O has its upper end arranged below the loweredge of the buckle, while the upper end of the other clasp-supportingstrap extends through the slot e and down below the lower edge of thebuckle,-as in Fig. 2. In this instance the buckle-suspendingstrap Ainstead of having a free lowerA end has its lower end looped and made tolie beneath the overhanging end of the clasp supporting strap. One ofthe ydepending ends of the covering C is carried up between theoverhan'ging end of the strap C and the upturned end of thefst-rap A.The stitching H secures the several ends together, passingthrough'four'thicknesses of elastic webbing and three thicknesses of inelasticmaterial;

None ofthe defects or disadvantages found inthe oldV form ofhose-supporter, such'as I have before mentioned', are present'inhose- 1supporters constructed inK the manner indicated in Figs. 2 to 6,inclusive.

The stitching does not break loose or draw, beca use the inelasticmaterial G is strong and firm and holds the stitching true. When thelever F is closed down in adjusting the strap A, it

does not stretch the covering G, and therefore there is no tendency torelax and open the lever and no ltendency to cause a bulging or`fullness on the rear side of the base-plate.

.are of elastic material and the covering of the buckle is of inelasticmaterial. Y ,Y

Figs. 7 and 8 show how where the straps for supporting the lower garmentare made of inelastic material the buckle may be covered by this sainematerial. In both Figs. 7 and 8 the form of buckle is substantially thesame as that hereinbefore mentioned, though of course I do not intend tobe limited to the precise form of buckle 4employed in any instance. InFig. 7 the straps C are shown as made of one piece of inelastic webbing;but instead of merely hanging from the slot c the webbing first passesup along the lower part of the back of the base-plate, then through theslot e, then over the top of the base-plate, then. down along the backof the base-plate and below the buckle. The buckle-suspending strap Apasses between the base-plate and the lever, but has its lower endlooped and secured by lines of stitching H to the two` thicknesses ofthe straps C below the buckle. In Fig. 8 a single piece of inelasticmaterial is used to constitute the buckle-suspending strap and a loop towhich a garment-supporting device may be applied. The strap has one endextending over the top of the baseplate. This end passes down the frontof the base-plate and then through the slot e. The other end of thestrap passes down in rear of the base-plate and is secured to theoverhanging end by stitches H below the slot. The strap then forms aloop h and then passes up in rear of the clamping-lever and between itand the covered base-plate. In both instances (shown in Figs. 7 and 8)the base-plate is covered with inelastic material and the coveringserves to support the depending garment-supporting straps.

In Fig. 9 the clasp-supportin g straps are sustained entirely by thecovering G-t. c.,

the straps do not extend throughtlie slot c.v

The strap A is adjustably secured between the clam pinglever and thecovered baseplate and in this instance may be se'cured to the covering Gand the straps C, as illustrated.

In Fig. 10 the lower end of the strap A is passed through the slot e,and the upper ends of the straps C are stitched to the upturned andoverhangingV parts of the strap A and to the depending ends of thecovering. In Fig. 11 the covering G covers that part of the baseplateabove the slot'e,`but does not extend below the slot. The straps Cextendthrough the slot, and the upturned end of the strap A is securedbetween the upper portion ot" the straps C and the overhangin g endsthereof be'- low the buckle.

In Fig. 12 the covering G covers only that portion of the base-plateabove the slot. The lower end of the strap A is free and the strap Cextends through the slot, the two folds being stitched together belowthe base-plate. The ends of the covering are secured together above thebase-plate. The covering maybe left Vin this condition or it may beslipped `around so as to bring the stitched ends into the slot, as shownin Fig. 1l. y

. I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with a buckle, comprisinga base-plate and a clamping device, of a covering of inelastic materialarranged along the front and rear faces of the base-plate, and anadjustable buckle-suspending strap interposed between the clampingdevice and the covered front face of the base-plate.

y. 2. The combination with a buckle, comprising a base-plate and ahinged clamping-lever, of a covering of inelastic material arrangedalong the front and rear faces of the baseplate, and an adjustablebuckle-suspending strap interposed between the hinged clamp- Ving-leverand the covered front face of the base-plate.

3. The combination with a buckle, comprising a base-plate and a clampingdevice, of a covering of inelastic material arranged along the front andrear faces of the base-plate, an adjustable buckle -suspending strapinterposed between the clamping device and the covered front face of thebase-plate and a strap suspended from the buckle and provided with adevice for attachment to a garment.

4. The combination of a buckle,comprising a base-plate and a clampingdevice, a covering of inelastic material arranged along the ,front andrear faces ofthe base-plate, a

buckle-suspending strap, interposed between the clamping device and thecovered baseplate and a pendent strap of elastic webbing supporting'anattaching device and secured tothe inelastic material.

5. The combination with a buckle, comprising a base-plate and a clampingdevice, of a covering of inelastic material secured to the base-plate, asuspending-strap interposed be- IOO Izo"A tween the base-plate and theclamping device,

an attaching device adapted to be secured to the suspended garment and astrap to which the attaching device is secured and which is lsecured tothe buckle-covering;

6. The combination with a buckle, comprisi ing a base-plate and aclamping device, of a piece of inelastic material secured to thebaseplate and depending below the lower edgeV thereof, an attachingdevice adapted to be secured to the suspended garment, a strap ofelastic material to which the attaching device is secured and which issuspended from the base-plateand is attached to the depending end of thepiece of inelastic material.

-7. "The combination of a buckle, comprising a slotted base-plate and ahinged clamp.`

ing-lever, a covering for the base-plate of inelastic material, anelastic strap, the upper end 0f which passes through the slot and issecured to the buckle-covering, and a bucklesuspending strap adjustablysecured to the buckle between the clamping-lever and they coveredbase-plate.

8. The combination ofA a buckle, compris-v ing a slotted base-plate,Vand a hinged clamping-lever, a covering of inelastic material extendingacross the front of the-base-plate over` the upper edge thereot downalong 'the back vof the base-plate and through the slot, and

an elastic strap of elastic webbing extending through the slot andsecured to the bucklecovering. p

9. The combination of a buckle comprising a base-plate and a clampingdevice, a buckle-suspending strap interposed between the clamping deviceandthe base-plate, agarment-supporting strap suspended from Athe buckle,a covering of--inelasti'c material arranged over the -front and rearfaces of the base-plate and havingits lower ends secured to and betweenfolded portions of the upper ends ot the elastic straps. 'I

l0. The combination of a-buckle, comprising a slotted base-plate, ahinged clampinglever, a covering furthe buckle of inelastic materialwhich extends through the slot Aand ROBERT eoRToN Witnessesi J. IRVINGDAVIS, CHARLES A. BARTLETT. e

